Socket cover



' Aug. 26 1924- M. KLEIN M \kl/ZUM INVENTOR 8M HQP ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX KLEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SHAPIRO & ARONSON, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SOCKET COVER.

Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 MAX KLEIN, a citizen oi the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Socket Cover, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices designed to enclose an electric lightsocket. Devices of this kind with which I am familiar are very expensive to manufacture due to the fact that they comprise an upper bell-shaped portion having an outwardly flaring portion adjacent its lower end and then an inturned flange provided with a central opening. These covers are spun over a collapsible mandrel which is then collapsed and withdrawn in sections, thus making it a quite expensive form of construction.

My invention has for its object to pro vide a form of construction which will produce the same result so far as operation is concerned, but which can be spun without the necessity of using a collapsible mandrel.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing object may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings which are hereunto annexed and are a part of this specification, in which- Fig. i is a side view of a socket cover constructed in accordance with my improved means, a portion of the exterior wall being broken away to show the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is a similar view having the lower plate partially removed.

F 3 is a bottom view.

Eimilar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire description.

As shown in the drawings, the socket cover comprises an upper bell-shaped por tion 1 which is formed with an outwardly flaring portion 2 which terminates in a downwardly and inwardly extending flange 3. Attached to the upper portion 1 is an annular plate which is convex in crosssection and has a central opening 5 through which the socket may be passed. The outer periphery of this annular member is pro vided with an inturned upwardly extending peripheral flange 6 which extends inwardly for perhaps a sixteenth of an inch, where the socket cover is for the usual or standard type of socket.

The cover is constructed of metal which is sufliciently resilient to permit the annular member to have the flange 6 snapped over the periphery of the outwardly flaring portion 2, the inwardly extending flange 8 formed thereon assisting in the operation by being sufliciently small at its lower edge to enter the opening provided by the flange 6. It is assembled in this manner. One side of the member 4 is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, and the bell-shaped portion 1 is then pressed downwardly and the outwardly flaring portion 2 snaps inside of the flange 6, and the device then appears as it spun from a single piece, the flange 6 fitting to and coinciding with the exterior surface of the downwardly and outwardly flaring portion 2 of the upper member 1.

When it is desired to remove the annular member, by grasping it with one hand and the upper member with the other and moving then into the position shown in Fig. 2, the annular member will snap off and can be easily and quickly removed.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description and inspection of the drawings, that a socket cover of this construction can be spun without the necessity of any use for a collapsible mandrel of any kind.

Having described my invention what 1 regard as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

A socket cover formed of two mating metal parts, adapted to inclose an electric light socket, the upper part having its lower edge terminating in an inwardly and downwardly extending flange, the lower member having at its upper edge an inturned flange extending from its periphery, the flange on the upper portion being designed to fit within the opening formed by the flange on the lower portion and by the application of pressure to project through said opening and snap into position below the flange of the lower portion.

In testimony whereof, I have signed the foregoing specification.

MAX KLEIN. 

